# 針孔
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhēnkǒng
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄎㄨㄥˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zam$^1$ hung$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnkǒng
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄎㄨㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhenkǒng
*** Wade–Giles: chên$^1$-kʻung$^3$
*** Yale: jēn-kǔng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenkoong
*** Palladius: чжэнькун (čžɛnʹkun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zam$^1$ hung$^2$
*** Yale: jām húng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzam$^1$ hung$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zem$^1$ hung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐm⁵⁵ hʊŋ³⁵/

#### Noun

針孔
* pinhole
* eye of a needle

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 針鼻, 針眼, 針孔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 針鼻兒, 針眼兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 針孔, 針眼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 針鼻兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 針鼻兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 針眼兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 針鼻兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 針鼻兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 針鼻兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 針鼻兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 針鼻兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 針鼻兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 針鼻兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 針鼻兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 針鼻兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 針鼻兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 針鼻兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 針鼻兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 針鼻兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 針鼻兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 針鼻兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 針鼻兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 針鼻兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 針鼻兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 針鼻兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 針鼻兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 針鼻兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 針鼻兒, 針鼻子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 針鼻兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 針眼兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 針鼻兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 針溝子, 針冠子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 針眼兒, 針冠兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 針鼻兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 針鼻兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 針鼻兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 針鼻 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 針鼻子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 針眼兒, 針鼻管兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 針眼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 針鼻瓜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 鼻鼻管兒, 針鼻管兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 針鼻兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 針鼻子, 針鼻 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 針鼻子, 針鼻兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 針眼兒, 針鼻兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 針鼻子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 針鼻兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 針鼻子, 針鼻兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 針眼眼兒, 針眼眼, 針眼, 針鼻子, 針鼻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 針鼻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 針鼻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 針鼻鼻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 針鼻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 針鼻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 針鼻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 針鼻子, 針屁股 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 針鼻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 針鼻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 針眼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 針鼻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 針眼兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 針鼻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 針鼻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 針鼻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 針鼻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 針鼻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 針鼻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 針鼻 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 針眼, 針耳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 針屁股 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 針鼻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 針鼻 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 針眼兒, 針鼻子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 針鼻子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 針鼻, 針眼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 針鼻子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 針屁股 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 針鼻子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 針鼻子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 針鼻子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 針鼻子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 針眼, 針鼻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 針眼 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 針鼻 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 針鼻 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 針眼, 針鼻兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 針鼻 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 針眼 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 針鼻 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 針眼 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 針眼 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 針眼 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 針眼 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 針眼 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 針空 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 布針屁股 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 針眼 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 針冠冠, 針眼 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 針鼻兒, 針鼻眼, 針眼 |
| Jin | Datong | 針鼻兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 針冠子, 針眼 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 針眼眼 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 針眼兒 |
| Jin | Linhe | 針鼻子, 針冠 |
| Jin | Jining | 針冠 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 針冠 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 針冠子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 針管兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 針鼻兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 針鼻 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 針鼻兒 |
| Jin | Suide | 針眼 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 針鼻 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 針鼻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 針空 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 針空 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 針空 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 針空, 針鼻 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 針目, 針鼻 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 針鼻 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 針鼻 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 針鼻 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 針鼻, 針眼, 針耳 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 引線屁股 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 引線屁股 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 引線眼, 引線屁股 |
| Wu | Danyang | 針屁股 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 針屁股 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 針屁眼 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 針窟 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 針眼孔 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 針鼻子, 針屁股 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 針鼻頭 |

##### Derived terms

* 針孔攝像頭 / 针孔摄像头
* 針孔照相機 / 针孔照相机
* 針孔現象 / 针孔现象

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 針孔 – see 針空 (“eye”). (This term is a variant form of 針空).

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 針 | 孔 |
| め Grade: 6 | ど Grade: S |
| jukujikun ||
* Alternative spelling
* 穴

#### Noun

針(め)孔(ど) • (medo)
* eye of a needle

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 針 | 孔 |
| はり Grade: 6 | めど Grade: S |
| kun'yomi ||

#### Noun

針(はり)孔(めど) • (harimedo)
* eye of a needle

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 針 | 孔 |
| み Grade: 6 | ず Grade: S |
| jukujikun ||
* Alternative spelling
* 針眼

#### Noun

針(み)孔(ず) • (mizu)
* eye of a needle

### Etymology 4

Kanji in this term :
| 針 | 孔 |
| み Grade: 6 | ぞ Grade: S |
| jukujikun ||

#### Noun

針(み)孔(ぞ) • (mizo)
* eye of a needle